Buffalo BOILSTEAM Stainless Steel 3L Rice Cooker BRC01

Firstly, I would like to state I know how to cook rice well on the stove using an absorption method (so im no dumb dumb) but im not so fancy to really care about nuance taste. My primary rice for everything is Jasmine, and occasionally like sushi rice and i just need more time to do other things and not accidently burn the rice (which i do if i forget to have my stove on a timer).

I only really care about 2 things, non soggy or crunchy rice and having something thats not teflon/nonstick. I did a fair bit of research and landed on this product, internally its full stainless steel (can go in dishwasher) amd comes with a small measuring cup and spoon. Never used the steamer and dont plan to need to boilsteam (for rice). Maybe it would work for dumplings or dimsums (?).

For 2 adults and a kid making rice dishes and needing 2 servings or more leftovers, a 5 cup is working fine as we arent obease eaters. If we have partys the pressure cooker or larger stove pot would siffice, I didnt want to pay extra on something i use 5% of the time.

I like its delayed 24hr start time so i can set it during the day for dinner and it keeps warm automatically. if youre into having it sit on counter from lunch to dinner its prob perfect (not my thing). It does take 1hr to cook (regardless of fast or slow rice setting) but i factor that into making dinner even on a stovetop (cook rice before cutting veg/anything else) id i forget to put on during the day. Waiting 5 min after cooking is optional but just helps it unstick (i thought non issue we keep it on warm and it becomes easier to scrape for leftovers after we eat).

Rice comes out as good as stovetop, cant say better or worse, just consistent. Found washing rice twice then adding exact same amount of water is the right point for me (the extra water to hit 1.11 (or whatever they reccomend) water to rice ratio). I tried to cook oatmeal too in the grain setting 1:2 milk ratio, came out fine.

It doesnt add water marks to your counter while cooking which i liked. It does drop into itself/plastic parts when opened which is annoying but its not terrible.

Internal lid comes off easily to be cleaned and so the whole thing that touches rice/heat is easily cleaned. The stainless steel inner pot is surprisingly heavy.

I wasnt planning on spending so much on a rice cooker, but then again everything has a teflon/non stick coating (even those expensive ones) so i price this mid to higher range but good for longevity, only annoyance is the tochpanel as its very sensitice (wish it were buttons). When cooking the touch button is so sensitive so moving the appliance sometimes turns the whole thing off.

The whole thing fits under my counter and is the size of a big toaster. The plug comes off and stowes nicely within the appliance, i would reccomend. When ready it has a subtle beep and kicks straight into warm.

Apparently you can adjust warm temp. Havent really needed to as i dont keep it on warm for more than a few hrs at most and it still comes out perfect.

The thing does scratch with a metal spoon, i think ita more cosmetic. Im not fussed but worth noting